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Two people are dead after a plane crash earlier this week.
According to Harv’s Air President, Adam Penner, a Cessna 172 was on a night flight from Regina to Steinbach, Man. via Carlyle with two people on board.
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When the plane didn’t arrive as scheduled, a search got underway. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said it was notified around 10:30 a.m. on Friday of the overdue plane.
Later that evening, around 6 p.m. according to Penner, the aircraft was found with the two occupants dead.
Emergency vehicles block the road to the area believed to be the site of the aircraft accident near Kisbey, Sask., Friday, Sept. 18. (Chenoa MacArthur/submitted)
“The entire Harv’s Air Family is shocked and saddened by this tragedy. Both pilots had close ties to their fellow students and instructors. We extend our deepest condolences to family and friends,” Penner wrote in an email.
Harv’s Air is a Manitoba-based flying school, air taxi, and aircraft maintenance organization.
Penner added that Harv’s Air is working with the TSB, Transport Canada, and the RCMP to determine what caused the crash.
In a statement from the TSB, investigators were sent to the site of a small aircraft accident near the town of Kisbey, Sask.
Kisbey is located in southeastern Saskatchewan, north of Estevan, near Moose Mountain Provincial Park.
Witness account
A witness who watched the response unfold says she first noticed something unusual when she saw what she believed was a military aircraft circling the area repeatedly.
Chenoa MacArthur, who lives in southeastern Saskatchewan, said relatives had been sending her videos and messages about the aircraft before she spotted it herself while driving back toward the area.
“I could see that the plane was kind of — it was starting to shorten its radius when it was doing flyovers,” MacArthur said. “It was just kind of getting smaller and smaller.”
MacArthur said she eventually drove north of Kisbey, where she noticed something coming from the back of the aircraft.
“I grab my binoculars, and I look through them, and I’m like, there’s some guys,” she said. “There’s, you know, a couple of guys in parachutes.”
Orange smoke seen on the ground near a small plane crash site, near Kisbey, Sask., on Sept. 18, 2026. (Chenoa MacArthur/submitted)
She said she also saw orange smoke in the area.
As she continued driving, MacArthur said the response on the ground quickly intensified.
“All of a sudden, these police cruisers just come flying up,” she said. “I just pulled over, and I was like, I’m not getting in their way.”
MacArthur said more police vehicles continued arriving as crews moved toward the area.
She and her family kept their distance while watching the response and expressed sympathy for those affected by the accident.
“My heart and my condolences go out to them,” MacArthur said.
